Frequency and Density-Dependent Selection on Life-History Strategies – A Field Experiment

Tapio Mappes; Minna Koivula; Esa Koskela; Tuula A. Oksanen; Tiina Savolainen; Barry Sinervo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001687

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Frequency and Density-Dependent Selection on Life-History Strategies – A Field Experiment

Tapio Mappes ,

*E-mail: tmappes@bytl.jyu.fi

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Minna Koivula,

Affiliation MTT Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland
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Esa Koskela,

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Tuula A. Oksanen,

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Tiina Savolainen,

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Barry Sinervo

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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Frequency and Density-Dependent Selection on Life-History Strategies – A Field Experiment

Tapio Mappes,
Minna Koivula,
Esa Koskela,
Tuula A. Oksanen,
Tiina Savolainen,
Barry Sinervo

Published: February 27, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001687

About the Authors

Tapio Mappes

*E-mail: tmappes@bytl.jyu.fi

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Minna Koivula

Affiliation MTT Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland

Esa Koskela

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Tuula A. Oksanen

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Tiina Savolainen

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Barry Sinervo

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS TM MK EK TO. Performed the experiments: TM MK EK TO TS. Analyzed the data: TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM. Wrote the paper: TM.

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